The song that lightens the languid way, When brows are glowing, And faint with rowing, Is like the spell of Hope's airy lay, To whose sound thro' life we stray; The beams that flash on the oar awhile, As we row along thro' the waves so clear, Illume its spray, like the fleeting smile That shines o'er sorrow's tear. Nothing is lost on him who sees With an eye that feeling gave;-- For him there's a story in every breeze, And a picture in every wave. Then sing to lighten the languid way; When brows are glowing, And faint with rowing, 'Tis like the spell of Hope's airy lay, To whose sound thro' life we stray. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IVAN THE CZAR by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ANDROMEDA by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE UNPARDONABLE SIN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 97. A SUPERSCRIPTION by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI HOUSEHOLD POEMS: 1. BRONWEN by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE ROSE OF PEACE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE WESTERN JOURNALIST by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |